Source: World Wide Web
According to the US Political News Network, the White House website released a statement by US President Biden on the 13th local time against the attack on writer Salman Rushdie in New York the day before, and Biden condemned it as a "vicious attack" in the statement.
According to the Associated Press, at about 11 a.m. local time on August 12, Rushdie was preparing to give a speech at the Chotoqua Stage in western New York When he was stabbed more than 10 times by a man who suddenly rushed to the stage, and then suffered a neck injury and was hospitalized for treatment. Local officials told The Associated Press that the attackers were born in the United States and that their parents were Lebanese who immigrated to the United States from Lebanon. Regarding Rushdie's injuries after the attack, Rushdie's agent revealed that Rushdie still needed to use a ventilator on the night of the 12th, the nerves in his arm were cut off, the liver was damaged, and he may lose an eye.
In a statement on the matter, Biden said: "Jill (first lady) and I were shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious attack on Salman Rushdie in New York yesterday", and "We join all Americans and people around the world in praying for his (Rushdie's) health and recovery." ”
Born in India, Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Psalms caused great controversy. Iran's religious leader, Khomeini, ordered Rashid's execution in 1989 over his dissatisfaction with satanic psalms, according to the Political News Network.
Political News Network also mentioned that when rushed to attack, the outside world believed that the United States was close to restarting the Iran nuclear agreement, in addition, recently there is news that the US Department of Justice accused an Iranian agent of suspected of plotting to kill John Bolton, the US national security adviser during the Trump administration.